{"podcast":{"title":"Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast","slug":"travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580","podcast_index_feed_id":449580,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLSS1857986358","website_url":"http://AmateurTraveler.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7aec6fda-da97-11ee-8ddb-67fe0ad92531/image/0effc71c5dc33e44016354f0f3fda8f5.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Christensen","episode_count":1030,"summary":"Since 2005, Amateur Traveler has been talking about different destinations every week. It covers destinations all over the world with an emphasis on culturally rich travel. Learn more about your world. Amateur Traveler won its creator, Chris Christensen, a Travel+Leisure award as the \"best independent travel journalist\" and entry into the \"Podcast Hall of Fame.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T10:19:00.665977+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580"},"episode":{"title":"AT#989 - Central America Road Trip","slug":"at-989-central-america-road-trip","published_at":"2026-03-28T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580/at-989-central-america-road-trip","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580","url":"https://amateurtraveler.com/central-america-road-trip/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS4181228467.mp3?updated=1773697079","summary":"Hear about a road trip through Central America as the Amateur Traveler talks about traveling overland through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala in search of volcanoes, tropical birds, colonial cities, crater lakes, Mayan ruins, and a few new countries added to his map. This week's show is supported by the new Smart Travel Podcast. Travel smarter — and spend less — with help from NerdWallet. Check out Smart Travel ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Why should you visit Central America? This multi-country journey combines some of the region’s best experiences into one trip: cloud forests in Costa Rica, volcanic landscapes in Nicaragua, changing fortunes in El Salvador, the Mayan ruins of Copán in Honduras, and the lakeside villages and colonial cities of Guatemala. Along the way, Chris finds colorful markets, Scarlet Macaws, crater lakes, beautiful colonial architecture, and more volcanoes than he expected. In this episode. Chris shares stories from a 15-day small-group trip that began in San José, Costa Rica, and ended in Antigua, Guatemala. The trip was designed to pick up three new countries for him: Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador, while also revisiting Costa Rica and Guatemala. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/central-america-road-trip/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Hear about a road trip through Central America as the Amateur Traveler talks about traveling overland through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3394,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580/episodes/at-989-central-america-road-trip/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/travel-with-amateur-traveler-podcast-449580/at-989-central-america-road-trip.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}